Sentence examples for laying about from inspiring English sources
The phrase "laying about" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone who is lounging or being idle, often in a relaxed or lazy manner. Example: "After a long week of work, I spent the weekend laying about the house, enjoying my free time."
As you rack up the kills and find the Intel-filled laptops that the enemy has carelessly left laying about, you earn upgrade points that augment your suit's abilities (reducing the amount you recoil when hit, for example, or increasing the number of grenades you can carry).
Or, if you have one of those Windows disks laying about, you can use that.
In between the two broken sections lay a large mass of Taconite pellets and scattered wreckage laying about, including hatch covers and hull plating.
Industrial egg-laying hens have been bred to produce more and faster, laying about 320 eggs over a life span of about 72 weeks, compared with a productive life of around four years in more traditional breeds that lay at a fraction of the rate.
All players earn loot from completing missions – and occasionally you'll find treasure chests laying about.
"As you can see, her grace and royal air are bred into her from generations of laying about the castle".
Several ragged lawn chairs were laid about, as was a couch, a well-used barbecue, and several parched garden plants.
Overall, FemSW hybrids laid about 130% more, and FemIT hybrids about 50% more eggs than beetles from either parental population.
MacMillan lays about with rhetorical broadsword and with fearless abandon.
The hen lays about 15 eggs in a grassy cup in grainfields or hedges.
Since he took wickets as doomed tailenders laid about themselves like drunken reapers, his figures (9 for 82) were flattering.
